Four week old wind and night waking

[itssquidstella]

My little boy is almost four weeks old and, after a few weeks of sleeping for two or two and a half hour stretches at night, the last couple of nights he's been really difficult.

Last night he slept from 11pm-2am but was then up from 2-3.30; he woke again for a quick feed at 4.45, slept 5-6.15 and has been awake since then 🥱

He's quite windy and I think this often wakes him, but I find that the actual process of winding him also wakes him up and annoys him to the point that the only thing that calms him is feeding - which means I either put him down without winding him (leading to him waking in discomfort an hour later) or keep him perpetually awake on a feed-wind-feed-wind rotation.

Does anyone have any advice? I know he's only small but this is killing me! He's a poor napper in the day too, so I’m worried about the overall amount of sleep he's getting ☹️

Try a warm bath before bed, our DS was exactly the same and the health visitor suggested warm baths to relax his tummy and also try cycling his legs (probably a better explanation online, but can describe it as holding their feet and lower legs, and move them as if they were riding a bike, occasionally pushing both together and then up to their tummy to put pressure on their tummy and hopefully relieve some pressure and gas for them.) we also found colic drops from dentinox helped loads with both of our DC and can be given from birth! Hope you find something that helps him! And you!

Yeah I definitely would stick to winding them before putting down, rocking them and rubbing their back when they're upright on your shoulder on lying on their ummy in your arms shouldn't stop them dropping off again, but also, is he bf? If so, try changing your diet. I found it wasn't worth eating beans or quorn or oats for what it did to dds tummy.

@Mommabear20 thanks, we have infacol but haven't been very consistent in giving it so will try giving it with every feed.

@ReadtheReviews yes he's breastfed apart from one evening bottle given by my husband, which is a mixture of formula and expressed milk.

I don't eat beans or pulses anyway but might try reducing garlic/onions to see if that helps. If I put him on my shoulder after feeding he usually starts wriggling and trying to latch on to my collarbone, but I think I need to be more persistent!

I'm not sure that changing what you eat has a huge affect. Have a read of Does a mothers diet affect her milk.

Also, you don't have to be super strict on winding a BF baby. I never even bothered trying with my second, she was happy just to go straight to sleep after a feed.

What you are describing does sound like normal baby behaviour.

If he's really windy though, I would rule out Tongue Tie. My DS had this and was excessively windy.

Oh and if he's trying to latch onto your collar bone whilst you are winding, pop him back into the other breast and try a few breast compressions and see if that settles him